American Ways : an Introduction to American Culture
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/CULTURE/DATESMAN,M
ESL/REFERENCE/CULTURE/DATESMAN,M
ESL/REFERENCE/CULTURE/DATESMAN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, [2014]
EDITION
Fourth edition
DESCRIPTION
ix, 326 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780133047028 (pbk.), 0133047024 (pbk.), 9780133047028
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: Understanding the culture of the United States -- Traditional American values and beliefs -- The American religious heritage -- The frontier heritage -- The heritage of abundance -- The world of American business -- Government and politics in the United States -- Ethnic and racial diversity in the United States -- Education in the United States -- How Americans spend their leisure time -- The American family -- American values at the crossroads